Amazon and The New York Times enter AI-related licensing agreement<p>
The New York Times and Amazon have entered into a <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://investors.nytco.com/news-and-events/press-releases/#data-item=The-New-York-Times-Company-and-Amazon-Announce-Licensing-Agreement--2025-cYgtzu69ot">
multi-year licensing agreement[/url] that will allow Amazon access to much of the publication’s editorial content for AI-related uses. In a press release announcing the deal,
The New York Times shared that this agreement will bring new features for customers like accessing summaries or excerpts of
Times content using Alexa. It will also allow Amazon to train its AI models on
The New York Times content.</p>
<p>In <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://investors.nytco.com/news-and-events/press-releases/#data-item=The-New-York-Times-Company-and-Amazon-Announce-Licensing-Agreement--2025-cYgtzu69ot">
announcing the deal[/url],
The New York Times shared, "The collaboration will make The New York Times’ original content more accessible to customers across Amazon products and services including direct links to Times products and underscores the companies’ shared commitment to serving customers with global news and perspectives within Amazon’s AI products." Access to content from
NYT Cooking and
The Athletic is also included in the deal.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>AI models require training on vast amounts of data, and many of the companies building them are likely <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/openai-admits-its-impossible-to-train-generative-ai-without-copyrighted-materials-103311496.html">
running afoul of copyright laws[/url] by training on protected materials. <a href="
https://www.yahoo.com/organizations/openai/" data-autolinker-wiki-id="OpenAI" data-original-link="">OpenAI[/url] and Google went so far as to <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-and-google-ask-for-a-government-exemption-to-train-their-ai-models-on-copyrighted-material-212906990.html">
ask for a government exemption[/url] to copyright laws for their models to train freely.
The New York Times <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/the-new-york-times-is-suing-openai-and-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement-181212615.html">
sued[/url] OpenAI and <a href="
https://www.yahoo.com/organizations/microsoft/" data-autolinker-wiki-id="Microsoft" data-original-link="">Microsoft[/url] for training their models on the company’s content without permission back in 2023, though the case <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/judge-explains-order-new-york-times-openai-copyright-case-2025-04-04/">
is still ongoing[/url].</p>
<p>Licensing agreements can offer additional revenue streams for companies willing to hand over user data or allow AI models to train on content created by their employees.
The Washington Post is one of <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/the-atlantic-and-vox-media-made-their-own-deal-with-the-ai-devil-161017636.html">
several major publications[/url] that have <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-washington-post-partners-with-openai-to-bring-its-content-to-chatgpt-141215314.html">
signed deals[/url] with OpenAI earlier this year. The specific contents of today’s deal, such as how much Amazon is paying, have not been disclosed. Amazon has been on a tear releasing AI-powered tools for <a data-i13n="cpos:9;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ai/amazon-has-a-new-ai-powered-tool-for-shopping-125314016.html">
shopping[/url], <a data-i13n="cpos:10;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ai/amazon-will-use-ai-to-generate-recaps-for-book-series-on-the-kindle-170018503.html">
book recaps[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:11;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ai/amazon-is-testing-ai-generated-hosts-that-talk-customers-through-product-features-153112886.html">
product explanations[/url].</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Amazon and The New York Times enter AI-related licensing agreement
